Archive for the ‘Automotive’ Category

The Original Tesla Motors

July 22, 2010mike 1 Comment »

As you may know whenever mentioning Nikola Tesla a great deal of lore surrounds the stories.  I believe much of it to be true especially considering the great inventions we do know for sure (alternating current) and that the US government took all of his papers after his death. You may also know that Nikola [...]

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Senator Charles (Chuck) Schumer Letter

July 15, 2010mike No Comments »

As you may know by now the Apple iPhone 4 has some issues with reception.  As you may also know Consumer Reports (finally) called them out. One more notable and respectable individual to call them out was Senator Charles (Chuck) Schumer D-NY. In his letter posted here on CNN : http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/15/schumer-pens-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/?fbid=bl2F9lh9NwA Senator Schumer states: “The [...]

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Irony

February 27, 2010mike No Comments »

i·ro·ny (ī’rə-nē, ī’ər-) n.   pl. i·ro·nies The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1. Incongruity between what might be expected [...]

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Total Recall

January 24, 2010mike No Comments »

I know the Governator is a little busy right now to make a sequel to his famed 1990 film Total Recall, but if he needs a script I can throw one together.  Total Recall Toyota. This seems to be back page news, but Toyota seems to be on the verge of a Total Recall.  Yes [...]

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Innovation

October 9, 2009mike No Comments »

Let’s just put this out there, I am kind of a big dork, so the things I read about are a bit on the dorky side.  One of the things that caught my eye lately was an article in Popular Mechanics http://www.popularmechanics.com/breakthrough09/ .  The article was talking about a number of innovations and one theme [...]

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